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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>NUMBERS</span>
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CHAPTER 3
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Aaron and his sons minister in priest’s office—Levites chosen to do service of tabernacle—They are the Lord’s, replacing firstborn of all families of Israel—Their number, charge, and service set forth.
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These</span> also <i>are</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day <i>that</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
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And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 24 (24-32).">Aaron</a>; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Aaron, the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priests.">priests</a> which were anointed, whom he <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/3b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR ordained.">consecrated</a> to minister in the priest’s office.
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And Nadab and Abihu <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 10: 2 (1-2).">died</a> before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, when they offered strange fire before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Bring the tribe of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 10: 8.">Levi</a> near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
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And they shall keep his <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 8: 35.">charge</a>, and the charge of the whole <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Church.">congregation</a> before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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And they shall keep all the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/8a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR vessels, implements, furniture.">instruments</a> of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/8b" mark="b" type="C" title="1 Chr. 25: 1; TG Service.">service</a> of the <sup>c</sup><a href="num/3/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 1: 50 (50-53).">tabernacle</a>.
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And thou shalt give the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Aaronic.">Levites</a> unto <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 16: 40; 1 Chr. 23: 32.">Aaron</a> and to his sons: they <i>are</i> wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
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And thou shalt appoint <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bishop.">Aaron</a> and his <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Birthright.">sons</a>, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and <sup>c</sup><a href="num/3/10c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE the unauthorized person who presumes to officiate.">the</a> stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Firstborn.">firstborn</a> that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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Because all the firstborn <i>are</i> mine; <i>for</i> on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR consecrated.">hallowed</a> unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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Number the children of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 26: 57 (57-62).">Levi</a> after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
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And Moses numbered them according to the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, as he was commanded.
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And these were the sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 6: 16 (16, 18); Num. 4: 4 (4-15).">Levi</a> by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
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And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
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And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These <i>are</i> the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
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Of Gershon <i>was</i> the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these <i>are</i> the families of the Gershonites.
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Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>even</i> those that were numbered of them <i>were</i> seven thousand and five hundred.
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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
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And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites <i>shall be</i> Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 18: 3 (2-3).">charge</a> of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation <i>shall be</i> the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/25b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB opening into the courtyard.">door</a> of the tabernacle of the congregation,
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And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which <i>is</i> by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/26a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR according to their functions.">for</a> all the service thereof.
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&#182; And of Kohath <i>was</i> the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these <i>are</i> the families of the Kohathites.
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In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>were</i> eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites <i>shall be</i> Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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And their charge <i>shall be</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ark of the Covenant.">ark</a>, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
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And Eleazar the son of <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 6: 50.">Aaron</a> the priest <i>shall be</i> chief over the chief of the Levites, <i>and have</i> the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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&#182; Of Merari <i>was</i> the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these <i>are</i> the families of Merari.
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And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>were</i> six thousand and two hundred.
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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari <i>was</i> Zuriel the son of Abihail: <i>these</i> shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
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And <i>under</i> the custody and charge of the sons of Merari <i>shall be</i> the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/36a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR bases.">sockets</a> thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
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And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
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&#182; But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, <i>even</i> before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, <i>shall be</i> Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 18: 5 (2-7).">charge</a> of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/38b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 1: 51.">put</a> to death.
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All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, <i>were</i> twenty and two thousand.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
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And thou shalt take the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/41a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 38: 21 (21-26); Num. 1: 50 (47-53).">Levites</a> for me (I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>) instead of all the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/3/41b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 13: 2.">firstborn</a> among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
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And Moses numbered, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
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And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/43a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB seventy-three.">threescore</a> and thirteen.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
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Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/47a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB per head, or each.">by</a> the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take <i>them:</i> (the shekel <i>is</i> twenty gerahs:)
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And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/3/48a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR excess.">odd</a> number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
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And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
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Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five <i>shekels,</i> after the shekel of the sanctuary:
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And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> commanded Moses.
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